Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Inspiration from food?

Have any of you guys ever just had an affinity for a specific cuisine? I love all kinds of food, but thai food really opened up my mind to Asian culture. Been learning a lot about the history of Japan, China, Laos, and Thailand. All this research because of some noodles and peanut seasoning.

Has anyone else ever been influenced about a culture or way of life from food?

I got a thing for fruit like strawberries, peaches, apples, and bananas. I don't normally get inspired by food but I like what I find tastes good. I had some sweet and sour chicken. It was great and was one of those cheap microwave meals so I'm guessing legit s&sc tastes even better. Pocky was, eh, okay. I don't see what the big deal about it is except for it is Japanese and Japanese stuff is desu desu kawaii or something.

This... is fairly foreign of a concept to me. I haven't been inspired to learn a country's history based on their cuisine.However, you sound like you'd really like Anthony Bourdain's show No Reservations.